THE VAUDOIS OF PIEDMONT.
THE
VAUDOIS OF PIEDMONT:
A Visit to their Valleys,
WITH A SKETCH OF THEIR REMARKABLE HISTORY ASA CHURCH AND PEOPLE
TO THE PRESENT DATE.
With Map of the Valleys.
BY
REV. J. N. WORSFOLD, M.A.,
Vicar of Christ Church, Somers Town, London.
"TRITUNTUR MALLEI REMANET INCUS."
LONDON:
J. F. SHAW & CO., 48, PATERNOSTER ROW.
1873.
PREFACE.
An eminent living scholar, Dr. Tischendorf, has remarked, that in thesedays there is need of "little books on great subjects." It was something ofthat feeling which led me to the idea of supplementing the large andlearned works of Muston, Monastier, Gilly, and others, by a pocket volume,so small that the tourist might not feel it an incumbrance, and yet socomprehensive, that those who have not the leisure for larger works, mightobtain useful knowledge of the Waldenses.
Whether I shall have succeeded in this aim the public must judge.
I may, however, add that the absorbing nature of my parochial work hasprevented my doing justice to the subject, from a literary point of view,and, therefore, I must ask my readers to kindly think of it merely as anearnest desire to diminish somewhat of the lack of information which I havediscovered even among educated and benevolent persons, with regard to thehistory and ecclesiastical character of the Vaudois.[Pg vi]
And, secondly, to evoke help towards their work generally, but especiallyto call out contributions, by means of which a Memorial Church may beerected near the site of the ancient college of the Vaudois, at Pra delTor, Val Angrogna, and so still further illustrate the accuracy of theancient motto of the Vaudois, "The hammers are broken, the anvil remains."
"Trituntur mallei remanet incus."
13, Oakley Square, N.W., July, 1873.
CONTENTS.
| Page | |
| THE JOURNEY AND ITS MOTIVE | 1-5 |
| THE WHEREABOUTS OF THE VALLEYS, AND TOPOGRAPHICAL FEATURES | 6-8 |
| ORIGIN AND ANTIQUITY OF THE WALDENSES AS A DISTINCT COMMUNITY | ...